Indications for Computed Tomography in Older Adult Patients with Minor Head Injury in the Emergency Department.
CONCLUSION: The results suggest that older adult patients with minor head injury may forgo head CT if they do not have high-risk mechanisms of injury, vomiting, witnessed loss of consciousness, or anterograde amnesia. External validation of this rule is needed.
PMID: 32815620 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Accident and Emergency Nursing - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Mori K, Abe T, Matsumoto J, Takahashi K, Takeuchi I Tags: Acad Emerg Med Source Type: research
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